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Re:Experts who say we shouldn't worry about superintelligent... by bko on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:38PM (#21194120)
I don't get your point.

Tay was trained to mimic users. It did that and because the users were trolls and saying obscene and objectionable things, Tay mimicked that.

Likely the same thing happened with Zo.

It's a parlor trick, much like a parrot mimicking human speech.

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Re:Experts who say we shouldn't worry about superintelligent... by not_a_cop75 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:46PM (#21194207)
The point is that something that became a true AI could be very fast at learning some things, like how to interface with other people or machines, but not very quick at other "life skills" like empathy.

We're not worried about AI on the whole, but the blasted teenager AIs that feel the need to test their limits. Anything that functionally acts in a similar fashion could be dangerous.

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Re:Experts who say we shouldn't worry about superintelligent... by The_rationalist on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:27AM (#21201174)
Why would that be dangerous? We can shut down AIs in real time.
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Re:Experts who say we shouldn't worry about superintelligent... by willis936 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:29PM (#21199422)
Parrots aren’t a perfect equivalent because there is a real intelligence behind the sounds that is communicating. Parrots don’t know english, but they learn tones and respond to them. I’m not sure Tay was anything other than a simple state machine.
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Re:Experts who say we shouldn't worry about superintelligent... by not_a_cop75 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:49PM (#21194236)
Parlor Trick: https://www.wired.com/2007/09/super-smart-par/
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